Tag: Court decisions
Exxon Mobil ordered to pay $14.25M penalty in pollution case
HOUSTON — A federal judge ordered Exxon Mobil to pay a $14.25 million civil penalty Tuesday in an 11-year-old lawsuit alleging it violated the...
Spain: 8 jailed for burning police van amid rapper protests
BARCELONA, Spain — A judge in Spain on Wednesday denied bail to eight people following their arrest for violent clashes with police during protests...
EU’s court deals setback to Barcelona, Madrid in tax case
BRUSSELS — The European Union's top court dealt a blow to Barcelona, Real Madrid and two other Spanish soccer clubs on Thursday by upholding...
Government offers plan to release more endangered red wolves
Government wildlife officials released two more critically endangered red wolves into the wild in North Carolina and could place several more captive-bred wolves into...
Sarkozy rules out French presidential run after conviction
PARIS — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has ruled out running again for office next year, a day after a court found him guilty...
Virginia man convicted of murder for strangling wife
CHESAPEAKE, Va. — A Virginia man has been convicted of murder and now faces up to life in prison for strangling his wife with...
Wisconsin mall shooting case staying in juvenile court
MILWAUKEE — The case of a 15-year-old Milwaukee boy charged with shooting and wounding eight people at a suburban mall last year will remain...
Kansas Supreme Court suspends foul-mouthed judge from bench
BELLE PLAINE, Kan. — A foul-mouthed Kansas judge accused of bigotry who cursed at courthouse employees so often that a trial clerk kept a...
Kansas Supreme Court suspends foul-mouthed judge from bench
BELLE PLAINE, Kan. — A foul-mouthed Kansas judge accused of bigotry who cursed at courthouse employees so often that a trial clerk kept a...
Oregon high court affirms juries can acquit in split votes
SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Supreme Court, ruling before the start of a murder case, has upheld that a defendant can be acquitted by...
